A Gift Of Light .....

The light that shines when you arrive ... when you first
come into my sight,
is the gift you give me when everything seems to have turned against me;

When my angels, and stars, and trees and hopes,
are blown into the north wilderness, bruised and painful,
enveloping me with a dread that defies escape;

except when you arrive -
when you first come into my sight.

Your smile ... your touch on my shoulder,
your encouraging words and your silent prayers ...
are a gift that restores my freedom, and my strength.

My god ... my own special god, Nature that surrounds me,
seems to have passed me by for a while,
perhaps busy in a more deserving place - for a time.

You take her place.
You support my body and my mind and my dreams.
You become the lost angel I've never seen, and you give me the courage to smile again.

A priceless gift of a special kind;
a gift that restores me to the kind of man,
I've always had to be.





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Photo: Sagittarius